* David Woodfall <d...@dawoodfall.net> [09-29-18 22:41]: > On Saturday 29 September 2018 22:16, > Patrick Shanahan <p...@opensuse.org> put forth the proposition: > > * David Woodfall <d...@dawoodfall.net> [09-29-18 19:51]: > > > On Saturday 29 September 2018 23:33, > > > Dave Woodfall <d...@dawoodfall.net> put forth the proposition: > > > > On Sunday 30 September 2018 08:17, > > > > Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au> put forth the proposition: > > > > > On 28Sep2018 23:06, David Woodfall <d...@dawoodfall.net> wrote: > > > > > > On Friday 28 September 2018 17:44, > > > > > > Patrick Shanahan <p...@opensuse.org> put forth the proposition: > > > > > > > * David Woodfall <d...@dawoodfall.net> [09-28-18 17:37]: > > > > > > > > In the (framebuffer) console I've used the standard escape > > > > > > > > codes to > > > > > > > > set a small 1/3 block cursor to make it more visible, and > > > > > > > > softened > > > > > > > > the colours to not be so stark. They were a bit of a headache > > > > > > > > before, and the normal cursor is very hard to see. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, when I start mutt everything resets back to the > > > > > > > > defaults. I only see a couple of settings regarding the > > > > > > > > cursor, but > > > > > > > > they don't seem to help. I've tried running with a -F > > > > > > > > /dev/null so > > > > > > > > it doesn't seem to be something in my config. Is there any way > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > avoiding this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In screen it's not so bad, but the cursor resets even just > > > > > > > > switching > > > > > > > > to the window where mutt is running. The colours remain as > > > > > > > > they were > > > > > > > > though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cursor code I use is: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > printf '\e[?3c' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > your chosen terminal is undoubted the cause. I run a tmux > > > > > > > session on my > > > > > > > server and attach to it remotely usually via yakuake(konsole) but > > > > > > > have not > > > > > > > made any effort to change the cursor. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you have pretty well removed mutt from the equasion using "-F > > > > > > > /dev/null". > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using the vanilla linux console (i.e. no X and 16 colours) plus > > > > > > screen. > > > > > > Don't really have a lot of choice. > > > > > > > > > > Does the behaviour persist if you don't use screen? I'm wondering if > > > > > screen's terminal management is > > > > > reseting your cursor change. > > > > > > > > > > Conversely, does the behaviour occur if you use screen but don't use > > > > > mutt (but _do_ use some other curses > > > > > programme like vim inside screen)? > > > > > > > > > > Just trying to isolate where the reset is coming from. And I don't > > > > > have a convenient linux framebuffer > > > > > console to test against (though I should set one up). > > > > > > > > > > When we know where the reset comes from maybe we can devise a > > > > > workaround. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au> > > > > > > > > It's worse without screen: > > > > > > > > console: both colours and cursor reset > > > > screen: only cursor resets > > > > > > > > Screen on its own is fine with my cursor and colours. I'm using > > > > screen 99% of the time. > > > > > > > > Vim also resets the cursor, but the colours are fine, both in and out > > > > of screen. > > > > > > A little more info on other applications: lynx and elinks seem to > > > work fine too. So far only mutt and vim seem to reset things, > > > although I can set an autocmd in vim to set the cursor back to mine > > > when it exits. I guess that is probably beyond the scope of an email > > > client though. > > > > you could alias or script mutt to reset the cursor back when exiting mutt, > > similarly to your vim autocmd > > I tend to leave it running though. My new mail command sends a BEL so > that screen picks it up and shows it while I'm working in another > window.
and how does that make a difference? it would still correctly set your cursor when ever you did decide to leave mutt. you did say that the only remaining problem was the cursor after leaving mutt. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
